Canada suspends applications for permanent residency sponsorship for parents

Canada  suspends applications for permanent residency sponsorship for  parents and grandparents.

New directive  states that a maximum of 15,000 applications  submitted in 2024  under the family reunification program will be  processed.
OTTAWA - Canada will not accept new  applications for permanent residency sponsorship  for parents and grandparents until further notice, according to a ministerial  directive.
The directive, published in the Canada  Gazette, says the government remains committed to family  reunification, but will focus on processing applications received last  year.
According to the directive, Immigration Minister Marc  Miller believes it will "best support" the government's immigration and family  reunification objectives.
Other immigration streams have also seen new sponsorships  suspended to help clear the existing  backlog.
As part of the  government's plan for immigration  levels, which  calls for an overall  reduction in immigration over the next three years, the  aim is to admit more than 24,000 people through the  grandparent and  child stream. The new directive  stipulates that a maximum of 15,000 applications  submitted in 2024  under the family reunification program will be  processed.
Under the  Parents and  Grandparents program, 35,700 randomly selected  individuals were invited to submit applications in 2024, with the goal of  receiving 20,500  applications.
According to the 2024  Annual Report to Parliament on  Immigration, presented by Miller, there were more than 40,000  sponsorships of permanent residence from parents and  grandparents in inventory  at the end of  2023.
This report  shows that the average processing time for a sponsorship application was 24 months